“With coal almost any feat is possible or easy; without it we are thrown back into the laborious poverty of early times.” (The Coal Question William Stanley Jevons, 1865).
Is this quote still valid, almost 160 years later? read more »
AfricaSouth Africa's Coal Question
by Hügo Krüger 02/13/2024
“With coal almost any feat is possible or easy; without it we are thrown back into the laborious poverty of early times.” (The Coal Question William Stanley Jevons, 1865). Is this quote still valid, almost 160 years later? read more » »
Richards Bay: the Gateway for Africa’s LNG Goldmine
by Hügo Krüger 09/13/2023
South Africa is one of the few countries that developed from the interior towards the coast, with Gauteng’s prosperity built around mining activity, the steady supply of water from Lesotho, and the availability of energy from the rich coal fields of the Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces. read more » »
Conversations with Dr. Pali Lehola
by Hügo Krüger 06/30/2023
Dr Pali Lehohla is the director of the Economic Modelling Academy, a Professor of Practice at the University of Johannesburg, a Research Associate at Oxford University, a board member of Institute for Economic Justice at Wits and a distinguished Alumni of the University of Ghana. He is the former Statistician-General of South Africa. read more » »
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Let Them Eat Solar Panels
by Robert Bryce 06/26/2023
Last week, during a speech at a high-dollar fundraiser for the League of Conservation Voters in Washington, D.C., President Joe Biden exulted about a solar project in Angola. read more » »
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Why Africa is Turning Its Back on the Eco-obsessed West
by Joel Kotkin and Bheki Mahlobo 06/05/2023
The Western democracies appear united in their support for Ukraine, but they may also be losing the bigger, more consequential battle for the loyalties of the developing world. read more »
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The Future of Cities: Africa's Urban Future
by Hügo Krüger and Bheki Mahlobo 02/17/2023
The urban future in the coming decades will be largely an African one. The continent is now home to 12 of the world's largest cities and four megacities read more » »
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The Reparations Trap
by Joel Kotkin 12/18/2022
For today’s progressive left and its corporate backers, the past increasingly determines the future. At home and abroad, they seek to remedy historical guilt. read more » »
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COP 27 Has No Backup Plan to Replace Products from Oil
by Ronald Stein 12/12/2022
The U.N. COP27 conference was held in Egypt and attracted the global elites and more than four hundred private jets. All attendees recognize that the climate change is occurring read more » »
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The New Global Class War
by Joel Kotkin 12/01/2022
In The Communist Manifesto, Marx and Engels warned that the ‘spectre’ of class war loomed over a rapidly industrialising capitalist world. Today, the neoliberal world is increasingly haunted by a similar spectre, this time of a global class conflict. read more » »
Ghana: Sub-Saharan Fertility Case Study
by Wendell Cox 09/18/2022
Sub-Saharan Africa has grown quickly, at a rate about 1.5 times the rest of the world from 1960 to 2020. This has principally been the result of its higher fertility rates and increasing life expectancy. read more »
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